What is the difference between weathering steel and ordinary steel

December 28, 2023

What is the difference between weathering steel and ordinary steel? How to identify these two kinds of steel is a lot of people are distressed about things, indeed, people who do not have a deep understanding of this industry are really unable to identify these two kinds of steel.

Weathering steel is a series of alloy steels between ordinary steel and stainless steel. A small amount of corrosion-resistant material is added to the steel during casting, which is purified to a certain extent, and enhances the characteristics of toughness and show resistance, corrosion resistance, labor saving and energy saving.

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The main feature is that the surface layer has a layer of rust resistant layer, which can avoid the internal corrosion by atmospheric oxidation, mainly used in buildings with relatively large investment and long service life, such as vehicles, Bridges, containers and so on.

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What is the difference between weathering steel and ordinary steel? -

This kind of steel is more superior in corrosion resistance, but economically it is only a little higher than ordinary steel, but it is more affordable than stainless steel.

Ordinary steel is a kind of steel mainly containing sulfur, phosphorus carbon and other elements, such steel deformation resistance is relatively high, easy to control manufacturing is relatively simple, and the scope of application is relatively wide.

Ordinary steel is the main body used in our current life, can be seen everywhere, because the production process is simple, so the price is also low.

This steel plate is currently a wide range of applications, easy to control and shape, strong compression ability and other advantages make this steel favored.

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